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["Johan Hoffman" <jhoffman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 09:56:12AM +0100, Garth N. Wells wrote:
>> Anders Logg wrote:
>> > I'm suggesting two new projects to be added to the web page as FEniCS
>> > projects:
>> >
>> >  1. SyFi by Kent-Andre Mardal
>> >
>> >  2. UFC by Alnæs, Langtangen, Logg, Mardal, Skavhaug
>> >
>> > SyFi is described in detail here:
>> >
>> >     http://folk.uio.no/kent-and/software/SyFi/doc/SyFi.html
>> >
>> > SyFi can be seen as a combination of FIAT and FFC using symbolic
>> > manipulation through GiNaC in C++ and Python.
>> >
>> > UFC (Unified Form-assembly Code) is a specification of a common
>> > format for the code generated by FFC, SyFi and other form compilers.
>> >
>> > Are there any objections to adding these two new projects?
>> >
>>
>> Sounds good to me. UFC will provide a nice link between different
>> projects.
>>
>> Will both projects be hosted on www.fenics.org? For the coherence of
>> FEniCS, I think that this is preferable.
>
> Yes, that's the plan.
>
> Kent has made effort to FEniCSize SyFi: using fenicsmanual.cls for the
> manual, conversion from Subversion to hg. There will be a web page,
> mailing list syfi-dev@xxxxxxxxxx etc.
>
> /Anders

Sounds good to me.

/Johan


>
>
>> Garth
>>
>> > We also plan to add another new project UFL (Unified Form Language)
>> > that specifies (and implements) a common input language for SyFi and
>> > FFC. At that point, SyFi and FFC will function similarly - the same
>> > input gives the same output (but with different optimizations) - and
>> > we may then consider a merge in one form or the other. The methodology
>> > for the code generation can then be controlled by a simple flag to the
>> > compiler: tensor representation, symbolics or quadrature.
>> >
>> > /Anders
>> >
>> > PS: As we discussed in Delft, there are more projects in the pipeline
>> > but we can discuss these projects separately when they are ready for
>> > inclusion.
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